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Pidgin the voice of Hawaiʻi / da directa, Marlene Booth ; da produca, Marlene Booth & Kanalu Young ; produced by Marlene Booth for presentation by Pacific Islanders in Communications.

Title
Pidgin [videorecording] : the voice of Hawaiʻi / da directa, Marlene Booth ; da produca, Marlene Booth & Kanalu Young ; produced by Marlene Booth for presentation by Pacific Islanders in Communications.
Publication
[Harriman, N.Y.] : New Day Films, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Booth, Marlene, 1948-
  • Young, Kanalu G. Terry, 1954-
  • Kashiwada, Keith
  • Ohtani, Rodney A.
  • Sakoda, Kent
  • Tonouchi, Lee A.
  • Tamura, Eileen
  • Richardson, William S.
  • Grimes, Joseph Evans
  • Thompson, Shirley
  • Kauahikaua, David
  • Pacific Islanders in Communications
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • New Day Films
Description
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"Profiles the language of Hawaiʻi's working people in its rise from plantation jargon to a source of island identity and pride. Born on sugar plantations and spoken by more than half of Hawaiʻi's population, Pidgin captures multi-ethnic Hawaiʻi's heart and soul. Once again under attack by educators and bloggers, will Pidgin survive?" -- Container.
Subject
  • Pidgin English > Hawaii > History
  • English language > Dialects > Hawaii
  • English language > Foreign elements
Genre/Form
  • DVD-Video discs.
  • Feature films
  • Documentary television programs
  • Nonfiction television programs
  • Ethnographic television programs
  • Television programs – United States.
Note
  • Funders, Pacific Islanders in Communications, Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
  • Container erroneously states title is closed-captioned.
  • Originally broadcast in 2009.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Rodney Ohtani ; editor, Shirley Thompson ; composer, David Kauahikaua.
System Details (note)
  • DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; stereo.
Language (note)
  • In English; some segments in Pidgin and Hawaiian with English subtitles.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Awards (note)
  • Winner, Audience Award, Hawai'i International Film Festival.
Contents
What's Pidgin? -- Who speaks Pidgin? -- Waiʻanae High School students -- No talk Pidgin -- Anti-Pidgin editorials and blogs -- Da Pidgin Guerrilla -- English standard schools -- Teresa Lau's story -- Pidgin excludes/Waiʻanae High school students -- Kanalu's story -- Punahou school -- Laug family party/Lee Tonouchi's book launch -- Talk story conference/Pidgin to da max -- Lee's wedding -- Translating Bible into Pidgin -- Shave ice.
ISBN
  • 9781574482607
  • 1574482602
OCLC
  • 474900233
  • SCSB-11259823
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library